aurochs was one of the largest herbivores in Holocene Europe. The size of an aurochs appears to have varied by region, with larger specimens in northern Europe than farther south. Aurochs in Denmark and Germany ranged in height at the shoulders between 1.8 m in bulls and 1.35-1.55 m in cows, while aurochs bulls in Hungary reached 1.6 m.

The African aurochs was similar in size to the European aurochs in the Pleistocene, but declined in